What happens when you import Paint.exe into an audio program?

Coming from the cabinet of odd files, we have a ‘song’ that is like nothing you have ever heard before. Well, perhaps if you are a fan of dubstep, but otherwise this will be new to you. Someone, presumably someone with far too much time on their hands, interpreted Windows 7 x64’s Paint.exe as sound, more or less treating the executable as audio data to produce something that almost resembles a song....

2 min · 271 words · Mary Bradley

What healthtech founders need to know about scaling in Europe

What healthtech founders need to know about scaling in Europe Hardware is notoriously difficult The hardware industry is notoriously challenging — but if the device you’re building pertains to the medical field, the difficulties increase. Perhaps the biggest challenge for medical device manufacturers is to overcome the burgeoning cost of product development. “Founding a healthtech business in Europe that also has hardware involved was, and is, very challenging,” says Vitor Crespo, CEO and co-founder ofCriam, a four-year-old startup working to provide “fast, affordable, and in-situ blood test analysis....

6 min · 1181 words · Michael Scott

What HP’s PC business looks like as a standalone company

HP managed totake overthe technology press today, and nearly broke the Internet, a feat that it rarely accomplishes. The company revealed strong earnings, said it is killing webOS, and strongly hinted that it is contemplating the sale of its PC division. In terms of things to chew on, HP gave us atriple serving. But let’s focus on the one what matters most: The company’s potential sloughing off of its ‘Personal Systems Group,’ or its PC division....

5 min · 906 words · Brian Reynolds

What I learned from creating a metaverse for my students

We’ve been hearing a lot recently aboutthe metaverse– a vision for the internet which uses technology like virtual and augmented reality to integrate real and digital worlds. With Facebook changing its name to Meta to focus on this space, and other big tech companieslike Microsoftcoming on board, there is much discussion about the potential of the metaverse to enhance the way we socialize, work and learn. A key component of the metaverse ecosystem will be the creator economy....

6 min · 1088 words · Jenny Quinn

What I learned from funding my second startup… with a credit card

What I learned from funding my second startup… with a credit card Ehm… don’t try this at home, kids. Correct estimation of effort The issue with most startups is that they’re woefully underfunded — it’s why the general rule that it takes two to three times the time and money you think it will need. So, as you can imagine, fully funding my second startup with personal credit cards was a very stressful way to go about things, putting myself into that much debt right from the start....

5 min · 1033 words · Amber Casey
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